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Low rectal cancer is 5 cm from the anal verge and, after resection, the distal margin is 1.5 cm. Pathologic evaluation shows there is a circumferential resection margin of less than 1 mm with 11 negative lymph nodes. Which feature confers the GREATEST risk of local recurrence?

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